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Shut Competition Defines 2022 Southeast Gassers Association Championships

After a total 112 entries in iv official heads-up classes made laps at 11 events in 2019, the Southeast Gassers Association (SEGA) lived up to its reputation for presenting close racing, both on the track and on its season championship points lists.

"I'm proud of every 1 of our 2022 champions. They're all great guys who work on their ain race cars, merely would drop everything to assist a competitor get to the line," SEGA possessor and promoter Quain Stott said.

Kenneth Phillips

Leading the charge to celebrate serial titles at the SEGA Awards Feast Jan. 25, 2020, in Pigeon Forge, TN, will be A/Gas champion Kenneth Phillips, who drove his "Silver Streak II" '58 Corvette to five number-one starts and four wins in five final-round appearances this year. Still, despite the stellar numbers, the veteran racer from Campobello, SC, edged Alan Gaulden and his 'threescore Vette for the title by just ten points–the equivalent of ii rounds worth of racing.

At that place was a little more room at the top for new B/Gas champ Tim Bailey and his "Aisle True cat Two" Corvette equally two wins in iv finals were enough to give him a 40-point cushion over runner-up Jerry Birch. Meanwhile, C/Gas honors went to Leslie Horne and his "Stud Muffin" Chevy II station carriage on the strength of ii number-one starts and three wins in four last rounds.

Tim Bailey

Robert Peffley

And despite earning a half-dozen starting time-place starts and going on to win five of an incredible x concluding-circular appearances with his "4-Speed Stampede" Plymouth carriage, Clinton, IN's Robert Peffley finished in a tie for kickoff place with Mark Hackett in the first official flavour for SEGA Super Stock. Stott explained SEGA rules dictate that in the event of a tie the start to attain the final tally is declared the champion.

"It's the competitiveness of our organization that stands out because none of our championships were runaways," he added. "In fact, in the nine years of SEGA we have never had a back-to-dorsum champion. We've had a few guys that accept won twice, but never two years in a row, which again I retrieve speaks volumes for the competition."